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Tim Henman #6 def. Goran Ivanisevic #44

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 9, 1999*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Tim Henman
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Goran Ivanisevic
Duration	57m

Stat	Tim Henman	Goran Ivanisevic
Aces	8	8
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	56	67
First serve points won %	93	74
Second serve points won %	76	35
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	85	62
Return points won %	38	15
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Goran Ivanisevic
Country	GBR	CRO
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	Sep 13, 1971
Age	25	28
Height	185	194
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	44
Ranking points (entering)	2,300	905
Elo (entering)	1,843	1,746
Career W-L	468–260	561–316
Career earnings	$11,635,542	$19,878,007

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman 3 – 0 Goran Ivanisevic

Path

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1999	QF	Roger Federer	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1999	R16	Andrei Medvedev	5-7 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 1999	R32	George Bastl	5-7 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1999	F	Karol Kucera	4-6 6-7(10) 6-4 6-4 6-7(2)	L	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1999	QF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1999	R16	Chris Woodruff	7-5 4-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 1999	R32	Thomas Enqvist	6-4 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data